5 Best Places For Your Hand Sanitizer Stations in Your Office
Foreword: at the time of writing, these were our top 5 places in your office to place your hand sanitizer. However, we are open to ideas, especially creative ones. Drop us a line [email protected] if you have any better suggestions!
First and foremost, the best way to remind employees to use hand sanitizer is by making it easily accessible and always placing it within sight.
What’s most important?
- Place your hand sanitizer station close to and around high-touch surfaces and communal areas.
The 5 Best Places:
- Restrooms
- This seems obvious, but if employees are in a rush and don’t think to stop and rinse with soap and water, providing a backup option near sinks and doors ensures germs don’t escape the restroom.
- Entrances and exits
- The humble doorknob could now be the cause of widespread illness in the office. So keep your hand sanitizer station close by! Other high touch areas (light switches, water stations etc) also need sanitizer within reach. All these actions will help greatly and limit the spread of any viruses.
- Meeting rooms
- As the name suggests, a meeting room will see people more closely interact. And it goes without saying, have a hand sanitizer station in close proximity.
- Near Employee desks
- Keep hygiene front of mind and visible. Placing a hand sanitising station close to Desks, phones, computer keyboards, and computer mice are key germ transfer points because people touch them so often. Considering that employees spend the majority of their day at their desks where they also eat, drink, and even cough and sneeze, desks can become a hotspot for germs to reside. Placing individual hand sanitizers at desks keeps hand hygiene within reach.
- Break-out rooms / breakfast bars / communal areas
- Given the likelihood of people congregating in such areas, it is imperative to have a station within walking distance of any such areas.